Title :
Social impact of ICT services -different impact in different countries-
Author :
Takahashi, Kazue Ichino ; Tsuda, Masayuki ; Nakamura, Jiro ; Matsuno, Yasunari ; Adachi, Yoshihiro
Author_Institution :
NTT Energy & Environ. Syst., Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa
Abstract :
The environmental, social and economic impacts of videoconferencing in the USA and Japan were evaluated and compared quantitatively. For this purpose we used a new index, named the ldquogross social feel-good (GSF) indexrdquo, which was developed for evaluating both the positive and negative effects of ICT services. The impacts of videoconferencing in the two countries were different especially as regards the economy and social (comfort) indexes. This case study clarified the difficulties involved in applying the GSF index to different countries.
Keywords :
information services; socio-economic effects; teleconferencing; ICT service; economic impact; environmental impact; gross social feel-good index; social factor; social impact; videoconferencing; Biological system modeling; Costs; Educational institutions; Employment; Environmental economics; Environmental factors; Health and safety; Power engineering and energy; Social factors; Teleconferencing; Ecology; Economics; ICT services; Social factors; Videoconferencing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2272-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2298-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562876
